Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Despite the fact that daytime temperatures are still soaring, accompanied by brutal, wilting humidity, summer time is definitely winding down. A clear indication of…
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Have you ever found yourself lying in bed awake at night wondering why the Centre street exit on the 401, at Napanee is the…
Catherine Coles Coles Notes The locked room whodunit – a mystery which features a seemingly impossible crime committed inside a sealed-off room (or house, or hotel, or boat…) – is…
Catherine Coles Coles Notes There are plenty of things that we who work in libraries assume are obvious to outsiders. Given the fact that I’m asked at least once a…
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest When it comes to items from days gone by, I’m a bit of a softie — a character trait passed down in my family,…
Catherine Coles Coles Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their most recent hits. Here we bring you a list…
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest “Raymond was a good man!” “I always loved Ray.” “Raymond could fix anything!” “Ray was a great curler! He always beat me.” These were…
Catherine Coles Coles Notes From the ridiculous (Alice in Wonderland was once banned because it features talking animals!) to the shocking (one of four American haven’t read a book in…
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest About an hour north of here, up County Rd. 41, is one of the prettiest places in Ontario. Bon Echo was named by Mrs….
Catherine Coles Coles Notes Believe it or not, we are already over halfway through 2018. So far it has been a fantastic year for book releases. Though highly-anticipated releases from…
